The Importance of Being Iceland: Travel Essays in Art (Semiotext(e)) The "rock star of modern poetry" (Bust Magazine) will read from her new collection of essays on art and culture. Eileen Myles is a poet (Sorry, Tree; Not Me, etc.) who writes fiction (Cool for You, Chelsea Girls).  She ran St. Mark's Poetry Project in the '80s, and conducted an openly female write-in campaign for President of the U.S. in 1992. She is a Professor Emeritus of Writing at UCSD. She writes for Parkett, The Believer, Vice, The Nation, The Stranger, AnOther Magazine and is blogging all summer on the Harriet site.